The Delta solution : an international thriller

 by Patrick Robinson. Robinson's latest brings back U.S. Navy SEAL Mack Bedford in his most perilous adventure yet. Somali pirates hijack a vessel, and the ransom is steep. The U.S. government decides to secretly pay and free the men and cargo from their captors. Bedford, now an instructor training soldiers who will become the next generation of SEALs, receives an urgent plea to help stop pirate attacks on ships in the future. He takes command of a new team responsible for covert missions to infiltrate future pirated boats. Then the men responsible for the original hijacking take another ship, and the ransom doubles. The third Bedford yarn is the best yet as Robinson juggles a tense thriller and the hard questions raised by a culture that uses piracy to help its citizens. Fans of Stephen Coonts and Dale Brown should line up for this one. --Booklist (Check catalog)